Raleigh is a city of fast LTE connections. We got consistently fast speeds on both AT&T's and Verizon's LTE networks, although AT&T's higher download speeds and faster Web page download speeds gave it the crown over Verizon's slightly better uploads and reliability.

Raleigh shows how important LTE is to Sprint's strategy. Sprint's 3G network in Raleigh was pretty bad when we tested itlook at all of those Web page download timeouts. But Sprint's LTE network had the speediest Web page downloads of any of the major networks, and Raleigh was Sprint's fastest LTE city overall with its 11.8Mbps average downloads. If you're on a Sprint 3G phone in Raleigh, it's very much worth upgrading.

And that 65Mbps download? We found that at our hotel, the Best Western Plus in Cary, which is clearly a good place to go if you're looking for an AT&T connection.

PCMag.com's lead mobile analyst, Sascha Segan, has reviewed hundreds of smartphones, tablets and other gadgets in more than 9 years with PCMag. He's the head of our Fastest Mobile Networks project, one of the hosts of the daily PCMag Live Web show and speaks frequently in mass media on cell-phone-related issues. His commentary has appeared on ABC, the BBC, the CBC, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, and in newspapers from San Antonio, Texas to Edmonton, Alberta.
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